Middlebury Unplugged Launches This Week
Addison Independent, October 14, 2009
With funding received through a state grant, the Vermont Community Foundation is launching a three-month energy metering project with 15 downtown businesses this week. Organizers hope this very public and tangible conservation display will set an example for other businesses and residents on how saving energy is not only good for the environment but a true money saver.
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Strategic Grant Recipients Gather
Vtdigger.org, October 11, 2009
Three organizations that received two-year strategic grants from the Vermont Women's Fund recently met to discuss their projects. Leaders from Central Vermont Community Action Council, Mercy Connections, and Vermont Works for Women gathered at a forum hosted by the Vermont Women's Fund in Montpelier.
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VCF Fund Supports Empty Bowl Dinner
Bennington Banner, October 10, 2009
The Karchmar Fund, a donor-advised fund at the Vermont Community Foundation, helped support the Empty Bowl Dinner in Bennington, with proceeds being donated to the Food and Fuel Fund.
Achieving The Dream
CUNY Newswire, June 29, 2009
Vermont Community Colleges are part of Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, a national initiative to help more community college students succeed. The initiative includes 102 institutions in 22 states. Each college has made a two-year commitment to focus its efforts on closing performance gaps among students in targeted populations.
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Foundation Receives $12,000 Grant
Vermontbiz.com, June 30, 2009
The Vermont Community Foundation Green Team received a $12,000 grant from the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources' Vermont Community Change Program to build an eight-month, real- time metering competition in Middlebury. The Foundation predicts the project will save between 5 and 15 percent in energy costs and use.
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